Thrips angusticeps Uzel, 1895
(Cabbage Thrips)

Interactions where Thrips angusticeps is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female macropter female macropter feeds on live BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (5-8)
female micropter female micropter feeds on live BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (4-6)
larva larva feeds on live BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (4-7)
male macropter male macropter feeds on live BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (5-7)
male micropter male micropter feeds on live BRASSICACEAE cabbages, cresses etc. Brassicales Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassicaceaecabbages, cresses etc.live (5)
feeds on live leaf (young) UK/Ireland Brassica oleracea var capitata Cabbage Brassicales: Brassicaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thrips Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Brassicales/Brassicaceae/Brassica oleracea var. capitata/Brassica oleracea var. capitatacabbageliveleaf (young)
feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland Lupinus lupins Fabales: Fabaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thrips Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lupinus/Lupinuslupinsliveleaf
female macropter female macropter feeds on live Linum flaxes Malpighiales: Linaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (5-8)
female micropter female micropter feeds on live Linum flaxes Malpighiales: Linaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsfemale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (4-6)
larva larva feeds on live Linum flaxes Malpighiales: Linaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (4-7)
male macropter male macropter feeds on live Linum flaxes Malpighiales: Linaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale macropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (5-7)
male micropter male micropter feeds on live Linum flaxes Malpighiales: Linaceae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsmale micropter Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum/Linumflaxeslive (5)
adult adult feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland Linum usitatissimum Flax Malpighiales: Linaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveleaf
adult adult feeds on live flower UK/Ireland Linum usitatissimum Flax Malpighiales: Linaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveflower
larva larva feeds on live flower UK/Ireland Linum usitatissimum Flax Malpighiales: Linaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveflower (4-7)
larva larva feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland Linum usitatissimum Flax Malpighiales: Linaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips angusticeps/Thrips angusticepscabbage thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Linaceae/Linum usitatissimum/Linum usitatissimumflaxliveleaf (4-7)

Author & YearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Thrips angusticeps (Cabbage Thrips) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thrips angusticeps (Cabbage Thrips) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThrips angusticeps (Cabbage Thrips)
GenusThrips (a genus of thrips)
FamilyTHRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
OrderTHYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Thrips angusticeps (Cabbage Thrips)

Thrips angusticeps (Cabbage Thrips) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thrips angusticeps (Cabbage Thrips):

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